Craftsmanship is what matter

I don’t know how it happened, but my Xamarin Android project stop to deploy on my emulator. The compilation was completed successfully and the emulator started as usual, but the project didn’t get deployed. Thanks to stackoverflow.com again, the solution was really simple : You can go to the emulator, click the “>>” arrow at the bottom…

OpenID is a protocol for authentication while OAuth is for authorization. Authentication is about making sure that the guy you are talking to is indeed who he claims to be. Authorization is about deciding what that guy should be allowed to do. Simple Terms OpenID is about verifying a person’s identity. OAuth is about accessing…

A Domain Controller holds that actual “Active Directory”, the database of user & computers which are members of the domain. The ADFS — Active Directory Federation Server — doesn’t not hold that database, but serves as an intermediary from another/different external domain (or similar) then queries a Domain Controller to request authentication for users trying…

Just wrapping up my second day on Azure AD. I went bazinga with the 5 grant types. Authorization Code Implicit Grant Resource Owner Credentials Client Credentials Hybrid Each flow fulfills a specific usage scenario but since that I’ve been requested to investigate how we could have a customized UI for a login page using native client and Azure AD,…

Well it was long time overdue! I have been pushing this moment for a while now because there is simply to much things to master on Azure. But finally all stars were aligned today. I had to help on a project for a client that uses an Active Directory on premise. Here is the list…

We love our silver bullets don’t we? Constantly chasing the dream that the next big thing will solve all our past problems. It doesn’t matter if it’s a language, framework, platform or library, we’re out there chasing it. Why? Well because it’s going to solve our needs, it’s going to solve the business needs. Well…

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